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DOGeye:
Controllingyourhomewitheyeinteraction
∙DarioBonino
∙EmilianoCastellina
∙FulvioCorno
∙LuigiDeRussis
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∙PolitecnicodiTorino,DipartimentodiAutomaticaedInformatica,CorsoDucadegliAbruzzi24,10129Torino,Italy
∙Received29October2021.Revised15April2021.Accepted15June2021.Availableonline23June2021.
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Abstract
Nowadayshomeautomation,withitsincreasedavailability,reliabilityandwithitseverreducingcostsisgainingmomentumandisstartingtobecomeaviablesolutionforenablingpeoplewithdisabilitiestoautonomouslyinteractwiththeirhomesandtobettercommunicatewithotherpeople.However,especiallyforpeoplewithseveremobilityimpairments,thereisstillalackoftoolsandinterfacesforeffectivecontrolandinteractionwithhomeautomationsystems,andgeneral–purposesolutionsareseldomapplicableduetothecomplexity,asynchronicity,timedependentbehavior,andsafetyconcernstypicalofthehomeenvironment.Thispaperfocusesonuser–environmentinterfacesbasedontheeyetrackingtechnology,whichoftenistheonlyviableinteractionmodalityforusersassuch.Weproposeaneye-basedinterfacetacklingthespecificrequirementsofsmartenvironments,alreadyoutlinedinapublicRecommendationissuedbytheCOGAINEuropeanNetworkofExcellence.TheproposedinterfacehasbeenimplementedasasoftwareprototypebasedontheETUuniversaldriver,thusbeingpotentiallyabletorunonavarietyofeyetrackers,anditiscompatiblewithawidesetofsmarthometechnologies,handledbytheDomoticOSGiGateway.Afirstinterfaceevaluation,withusertestingsessions,hasbeencarriedandresultsshowthattheinterfaceisquiteeffectiveandusablewithoutdiscomfortbypeoplewithalmostregulareyemovementcontrol.
Highlights
►Letspeoplewithimpairedmobilityinteractautonomouslywiththeirsmarthomes.►Reportsprinciplesforrealizinganapplicationforhousecontrolwitheyetracking.►Designanddevelopmentofamultimodaleye-basedinterfaceforenvironmentalcontrol.►Qualitativeandquantitativeevaluation,throughuserstudy,oftheproposedinterface.
Keywords
∙Human–homeinteraction;
∙Smarthomes;
∙Domotics;
∙Usability;
∙Userinterface;
∙Userstudy
1.Introduction
Inthelast5
years,(smart)homeautomationgainedanewmomentum,thankstoanincreasedavailabilityofcommercialsolutionsandtosteadlyreducingcosts.Theevergreenappealofautomated,intelligenthomestogetherwitharaisingtechnologymaturityhasfosterednewresearchchallengesandopportunitiesinthefieldof“intelligent”or“smart”environments.AccordingtotheMarkWeiserdefinition,aSmartHomesystem,thatinthispaperwedeclineasdomoticorenvironmentalcontrolsystem,is“aphysicalworldthatisrichlyandinvisiblyinterwovenwithsensors,actuators,displaysandcomputationalelements,embeddedseamlesslyintheeverydayobjectofourlives,andconnectedthroughacontinuousnetwork”(Weiser,2021),providingwaysforcontrolling,interactingandmonitoringthehouse.Theideabehindthisvisionisthathomesoftomorrowwouldbesmartenoughtocontrolthemselves,understandcontextsinwhichtheyoperateandperformsuitableactionsunderinhabitants’supervision(Bierhoffetal.,2021).Althoughsmartandautonomoushomesmightraisecontroversialopinionsonhowsmartaretheyorshouldtheybe,currentlyavailablecommercialsolutionscanstartplayingarelevantroleasenablingtechnologyforimprovingthecareoftheelderly(
[Berlo,2021]
and
[Zhangetal.,2021])andofpeoplewithdisabilities([ChikhaouiandPigot,2021]
[Chanetal.,2021]),reducingtheirdailyworkloadinthehouse,andenablingthemtolivemoreautonomouslyandwithabetterqualityoflife.Evenifsuchsystemsarefarfromcutting-edgeresearchsolutions,theyarestillreallycomplextomastersincetheyhandleandcoordinateseveraldevicesandapplianceswithdifferentfunctionalitiesandwithdifferentcontrolgranularities.
Inparticular,amongotherdisabilities,peoplewhohaveseverelyimpairedmotorabilitiescantakegreatadvantagesfromeyetrackingsystemstocontroltheirhomes,sincetheygenerallyretainnormalcontroloftheireyes,thatbecomethereforetheirpreferentialstreamofinteraction(HornofandCavender,2021).Eyetrackingcantransformssuchalimitedabilityintobothacommunicationchannelandaninteractionmedium,openingpossibilitiesforcomputer-basedcommunicationandcontrolsolutions(Doneganetal.,2021).Evenifeyetrackingisoftenusedforregisteringeyemovementsinusabilitystudies,itcanbesuccessfullyexploitedasalternativeinputmodalitytocontroluserinterfaces.Homeautomationcanthenbridgethegapbetweensoftwareandtangibleobjects,enablingpeoplewithmotordisabilitiestoeffectivelyandphysicallyengagewiththeirsurroundings(Andrichetal.,2021).Severalhousecontrolinterfaceshavebeenproposedintheliterature,i.e.,applicationstoallowsuserstocontroldifferenttypesofdevicesintheirhomes,tohandletriggeredalarms,etc.Suchinterfaces,eitherbasedonconventionalunimodal(KoskelaandVä
ä
nä
nen-Vainio-Mattila,2021)ormultimodalinteractions(Weingartenetal.,2021)(e.g.,mouse,remotecontroller,etc.),aretoooftenuncomfortableand/oruselessforpeoplewithsevereimpairedmotorabilities,andonlyfewofthemhavebeenspecificallydesignedanddevelopedtobecontrolledwitheyemovements.
In2021,applicationsbasedongazeinteractionhavebeenanalyzedbyaEuropeanNetworkofExcellence,namedCOGAIN(CommunicationbyGazeInteraction)2,toevaluatethestate-of-the-artandtoidentifypotentialweaknessesandfuturedevelopments.Accordingtothereport“D2.4AsurveyofExisting‘defacto’StandardsandSystemsofEnvironmentalControl”(Batesetal.,2021),theCOGAINNetworkidentifieddifferentproblemsineye-basedhousecontrolapplications,suchasthelackofadvancedfunctionalitiesforcontrollingsomeappliancesofthehouse,theabsenceofinteroperabilitybetweendifferentsmarthousesystemsorthedifficultytouseaneyetrackerforrealizingsomeactions.Inasubsequentreport(Cornoetal.,2021),COGAINmembersproposedsolutionstoovercomethediscoveredproblems.Inparticular,theyproposed21guidelinestopromotesafetyandaccessibilityineyetrackingbasedenvironmentalcontrolapplications.
ThispaperdescribesthedesignanddevelopmentofDOGeye,oneofthefirsthomecontrolapplicationsdesignedforgaze-basedinteractionandbyexplicitlyaccountingfortheCOGAINguidelines.DOGeyeisamultimodaleye-basedapplicationforhomemanagementandcontrol,basedonstate-of-the-arttechnologiesinbothtrackingandhomecontrol.Itenablespeopletocontroltheirdomotichomesthroughdifferentinputdevices,possiblycombined,sothatitdoesnotlimititselftoeyetrackingonly.ThepresenceofvariousinputmodalitiesallowsapplicationusebyotherpeoplepresentinthehouseandoffersdifferentalternativestothepersonsaffectedbypossiblyevolvingimpairmentssuchastheALS(AmyothrophicLateralSclerosis).
Theremainderofthepaperisorganizedasfollows:
Section
2
presentsthebasicfeaturesofeyetrackingtechnologyandthecharacteristicsofeye-baseduserinterfaceswhileSection
3
presentstheworkaccomplishedbythemembersoftheCOGAINNetworkanddescribesCOGAINguidelinesforeyetrackingbasedenvironmentalcontrolapplications.Section
4
reportsrelevantrelatedworksandfindings.DOGeyedesignandarchitectureisdescribedinSection
5,whileSections
6
7
reportthesetupandresultsofausertestinvolvingpeopleinacontrolledenvironment,thusbuildingthebasisforfurtherconsiderationsandresearch.Section
8
concludesthepaperandoutlinesfutureworks.
2.Eyetrackingbasics
Tobetterunderstandtheprinciplesandimplementationofeyecontrolledinterface,thissectiondefinessometermsandfeaturespertainingtoeyemovementsandeyetracking.
Theeyedoesnotgenerallymovesmoothlyoverthevisualfield;
instead,itmakesaseriesofquickjumps,called
saccades,alongwithotherspecializedmovements(HaberandHershenson,1973).Asaccadelasts30–120
ms,andtypicallycovers15–20degreesofvisualangle(Jacob,1995).Betweensaccades,thegazepoint,i.e.,thepointinascenewhereapersonislooking,staysatthesameloca